CREST responded to the IDP crisis in north west Pakistan by partnering with local NGOs to provide cooking utensils and food packages to meet the top 2 needs of families in Charsadda and Haripur. On June 25 and 26, a total of 75 sets of cooking utensils and 200 packs of food was distributed among the lDPs in Haripur and Camp No. 1 and Camp No. 2 in Charsadda.

In early October 2005, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 hit Kashmir, the territory disputed by India and Pakistan since independence from Britain in 1947. About three million people lost their homes in the quake which Pakistan says left some 73,000 dead.

Millions of refugees from Afghanistan have fled the country as a result of more than twenty years of war, three years of drought, and the recent escalation of hostilities as a result of the September 11th 2001 attack on the USA.

Working with local partners, CREST has been distributing cooked food for the past 4 days to 600 flood victims being housed temporarily in 2 school buildings in Charsadda.